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Patent GB-190006338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Slabs or Panels of Plaster of Paris or the like.
Inventor: HEDEMANN ERNST EMIL V
Filed: 1900-04-04
Granted: 1901-03-30
Abstract: 6338. Hedemann, E. E. von, and Hedemann, R. von. April 4. Building-blocks; slabs.-Relates to apparatus for moulding slabs, panels, or blocks of plaster of Paris, concrete, &c., for use in the construction or facing of walls or ceilings &c. On a baseplate 1 is supported a cruciform mould consisting of four sections A, B, C, D, which may be employed to cast either four separate slabs, or a corner, or T-shaped, or cruciform slab. By the insertion of loose pieces 20, of which one is shown in section in Fig. 1, the size of the slabs cast can be varied. The mould is formed of vertical iron plates 7-14, of which the opposite pairs 7, 9, and 12, 13 are movable by means of screwed shafts 15, 16. A tubular core 19 rises from the base-plate in the centre of the mould, and a four-sided core 6 surrounds it when separate slabs are to be cast. The vertical end-plates of the moulds are perforated for the passage of cores 22, which may end in points resting in depressions in the core 6. The moulds are provided with lids or covers 23, of which one only is shown in Fig. 1. By the use of two concentric tubes in the central part of the mould, an annular mould may be formed for casting chimney tops &c. A tool-box may be arranged beneath the base-plate, and the appliance may be mounted on wheels. The cores 22 may be arranged vertically instead of horizontally. Fig. 4 is a plan view showing three of the slabs placed together for the construction of a wall. When corner blocks &c. are moulded, the passage made by the core 19 enables an iron strengthening- bar to be carried through the corner &c.
Patent GB-190012097-A (GB)
Title: Improved Bottle Cleaning Machine
Inventor: SIMONSSON NICOLAUS MAGNUS
Filed: 1900-07-04
Granted: 1901-06-15
Abstract: 12,097. Simonsson, N. M., and Ístlund, P. E. July 4. Cleaning bottles; corkscrews and cork-drawers.-Relates to a machine for cleaning bottles inside and out, and removing corks, labels, &c. Figs. 1 and 3 show elevations of the machine from two positions. Four bottles at a time are secured to the plate 44. Each is held between an adjustable bottom plate 73 and three gripping-jaws 55, which are automatically released when the pendant roller 61 attached to the spring-held sliding rod 60 runs beneath a guiding-surface fixed to the frame of the machine, at the point where the cleaned bottle is replaced by a dirty one. The slide 13, raised and lowered by the crank 20, carries the cork-remover 24 and the brush spindle 14. The cork-remover consists of suitable spring wires 24, which pass through openings in an inclined plate fixed opposite the opening of the guide casing 29, so that, after being withdrawn from the bottle and passing the narrow neck of the casing, the spring wires separate, and the cork falls on the inclined plate and rolls off. The brush spindle 14 carries a bevel - wheel, which is made to gear with the wheel 11 when the slide is raised, to rotate the brush inside the bottle. At the same time the water cock 77 is turned by the links 78, 79, 80, and water enters the bottles through a passage in the brush guiding- casing 27, and also through a jet placed beneath the bottle which has just been brushed. The plate 44 is secured to the axle 43, which carries a bevel - wheel 42 gearing with the bevel-wheel 41 on the shaft 39; a wheel with four teeth on this shaft is driven by a pawl attached to an arm 36 reciprocated by linkwork actuated by a projecting pin on a wheel secured to the driving-shaft 7. By this means each bottle in turn is stopped in four positions, (1) for removal of corks, (2) for internal washing and brushing, (3) for rinsing, and (4) for removal and replacement. During the motion the bottles are rotated against the brushes 75 by the toothed wheels 52 secured to the holder 55 and gearing with the toothed wheel 51 secured to the plate 3.
Patent GB-190015532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Closing Devices for Picture Frames, Jewelry or other Boxes.
Inventor: LEHMANN FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1900-08-31
Granted: 1901-07-27
Abstract: 15,532. Lehmann, F. Aug. 31. Fastenings or closing-devices for picture frames and jewel or other boxes. Fig. 2 shows the application of the invention to a picture frame. A guide-box a secured to the frame is provided with a hemispherical projection b on its upper surface. A U-shaped slide c works within the box, and the upper limb is widened and formed with a circular hole to engage the projection b. The slide is operated by means of a nose e, and the lower limb secures the back wall of the frame in position, the slide being held by the engagement of the projection b with the hole d. In a modification, the projection is arranged to engage the hole when the slide is withdrawn, the U portion of the slide coming against the box a when the fastening is in the locking position.
Patent GB-190023419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Hydroxylated Acridines.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
Filed: 1900-12-21
Granted: 1901-11-23
Abstract: 23,419. Ransford, R. B., [Cassella & Co., L.]. Dec. 21. Dyes, artificial.-2 : 7-Amido-oxy- and 2: 7-dioxy- 4 : 5-dimethylacridine are produced bv heating 2 : 7-diamido-4 : 5-dimethylacridine, or tetrami loditolylmethane, with a mineral acid, under pressure. Examples are given in which, by using sulphuric acid of suitable strengths and suitable temperatures, the foregoing amidoxy- and dioxydimethylacridines are respectively produced. The products are suitable for dyeing leather and tannin-mordanted cotton, and for printing calico. The same dioxydimethylacridine is produced also by acting on p-amido-o-cresol with sulphuric acid and formaldebyde, and subsequently boiling the mixture. On cooling, dioxyditoluacridine separates in the form of orange-coloured crystals.
Patent GB-190105388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Application of Sewage and other Liquids to Land, Filters or other Purifying Beds.
Inventor: MCCALLUM THEOPHILUS SEPTIMUS
Filed: 1901-03-14
Granted: 1902-04-14
Abstract: 5388. McCallum, T. S. March 14. Sewage and foul waters, treating tanks.- Sewage and other foul waters are fed to land, filters, or bacteria beds periodically, and may be similarly discharged from the same. Fig. 1 shows the controlling-apparatus consisting of a clock or other motor for driving the shaft 3. The shaft 3 engages with the shaft 8 by means of pawls 6 and a ratchet-wheel 7. The shaft 8 may be in two parts connected by a storm clutch 39, so arranged as to accelerate the motion of the shaft by a sudden rise in the sewage level. The shaft 8 carries cams 10 and 11, which act on bowls carried by levers 13, 16. The cams are adjustably set to represent a time interval, and are balanced by the cord 17 so as to operate the valve 23. 24 is a discharge cam for operating the valve 30. Several sets of cams may be arranged on one shaft, or separate shafts may be employed as required. The Provisional Specification refers to arrangements for retarding the action of the apparatus when the sewage level falls.
Patent GB-190112383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and in Machinery for Making Bricks, Briquettes Firelighters and the like.
Inventor: SUTCLIFFE EDGAR ROUSE
Filed: 1901-06-18
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 12,383. Sutcliffe, E. R. June 18. Moulding bricks, briquettes, concrete, firelighters, fuel, saw- dust, ores, artificial stone, &c.- Plastic or powdered material is fed to moulds a by a hopper z containing a rotary feeding- shaft with prongs or blades, and is compressed between plungers e,j operated by eccentrics n and a crank l on the main shaft of the press. The eccentrics are connected by rods m to a crossbead h carrying the plungers e, which are fitted with cushioning- springs i. The mould-box is moved in horizontal guides by a cam t and rocking lever v, and the moulded blocks are discharged on to an endless band carrier 3 by the plungers j. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement of plungers for moulding per- forated blocks. Cores 4 are screwed into the plunger e, and enter a perforated plate 6 fixed to the plunger j, which is recessed to allow surplus material punched out by the cores to escape into the hopper. A perforated cover-plate 5, fixed to the plunger e, prevents the cores from working loose. To facilitate the detachment of the cores from the blocks, the cores and moulds may be tapered in opposite directions. The blocks are afterwards ejected from the smaller end of the mould.
Patent GB-190112736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cycles.
Inventor: STARLEY WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-06-22
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 12,736. Kirkman, J. June 22. Drawings to Specification. Joint-making packing.-Relates to asbestos and fibrous packing. According to the present invention, alternate strands of wire and asbestos or other fibrous material are twisted together, and a number of such twisted strands are plaited or woven together to form packing of any desired size or section. Such packing may also be formed with a soft core.
Patent GB-190115581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves for Discharging Water of Condensation or the like.
Inventor: HEINTZ ANTOINE
Filed: 1901-08-01
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 15,581. Heintz, A. Aug. 1. Self-closing valves. - A steam-trap valve for discharging water of condensation or the like consists of a casing a with an inlet b and an outlet c fitted with a cylindrical seat m<1> against which a spherical-shaped valve m is pressed by a curved tube h. One end of the tube is pressed against a stud l in the casing by a spring k, and the other end i embraces the valve spindle and closes the valve when steam is admitted to the casing so as to expand the tube.
Patent GB-190118208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Spinning and Doubling Cotton, Wool, and other Fibrous Substances.
Inventor: MILWARD GEORGE HENRY
Filed: 1901-09-12
Granted: 1902-09-12
Abstract: 18,208. Milward, G. H. Sept. 12. Spindle apparatus.-Relates to improvements on the invention described in Specification No. 24,335, A.D. 1899. The ball bearing in the upper part of the bolster is replaced by a roller bearing in which the rollers F are provided with conical ends, and are held between rings F<x>, F<xx>, of which the ring Fx <x> is adjustable on the upper end of the bolster, while the ring Fx is supported on the upper ends. of rods, the lower ends of which rest on the ring M carried by the drag lever N. The raising or lowering of the ring M owing to a variation of pressure on the drag lever causes the rollers F to grip the spindle with a greater or less degree of pressure, and so vary the drag. The rods may be arranged outside the bolster, and caused to draw downwards the upper collar F<xx>, which in this case is fitted to slide in the bolster, while the collar F<x> remains stationary, or the rollers may be dispensed with, the spindle being gripped by the ends of the rods, either by reason of the upward or downward movement of the same. Means are also described for automatically, moving the drag weight along the lever N, according to the varying diameter of the cop. The slides 9 for moving the drag weights are connected by levers with a lever 11 which is oscillated by a "former" block Y, which is raised and lowered in a manner corresponding with the rise and fall of the rail, and is also moved laterally after each reciprocation during the winding of the cop bottom. The block Y is carried by a laterallymoving slide, which is operated by means of a rack 3 and pinion 2, the pinion being mounted on the upper end of a swinging rod 1, which slides within but rotates with a tube 4 carried by a bracket 6 on the end of the building-motion lever V and connected by twist wheels 8 with the winding-up mechanism. At each reciprocation of the lever V, the block Y is therefore moved laterally until the cop bottom is completed. When the cop bottom is finished, the pinion 2 has arrived at the end of the rack, which, however, is held by a spring with its last tooth ready for engagement with the pinion when the movement of the latter is reversed after the completion of a set of cops. The laterally-moving slide and block Y are carried by a vertically-moving slide Q, which is connected by a rod R and lever T with the building-motion lever V. The Provisional Specification states that the carriers or guides which support the wharle or ring are made from discs punched in two parts from flat steel, and are provided with conical bearings working on cones fitted to their supporting oil cups.
Patent GB-190119125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of, and Apparatus for Softening, Waters and Purifying Waste Liquors
Inventor: HAINES CHARLES JAMES
Filed: 1901-09-25
Granted: 1902-05-29
Abstract: 19,125. Haines, C. J. Sept. 25. Foul waters, treating; precipitating; settling.-Relates to the purification and softening of waste liquors by means of reagents, and consists of means for obtaining a uniform reagent solution, and for mixing it with the liquid to be treated. The lime &c. is supplied at A<1> to a tank A, to which water is supplied through a perforated cone B and pipe C by a pump worked from the same engine &c., which pumps the main body of liquid into the apparatus, the proportions of the tank &c. being such that the discharge at D is a saturated solution. In the case of a gravitation supply, the reagent discharge is at the same level and at the same head as the main discharge into the mixing and settling tank. The reagent discharges over a circular weir at D placed just above a larger circular weir E over which the main body of liquid discharges, the two being thus properlv mixed. The mixture then flows through a settling-tank, and may be finally purified by means of a filter H, such as that described in Specification No. 6272, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Filtering &c.].
Patent GB-190120466-A (GB)
Title: Improved Multiple Centrifugal Pump.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1901-10-12
Granted: 1901-12-21
Abstract: 20,466. Bloxam, A. G., [Sulzer, Gebr.]. Oct. 12. Centrifugal pumps.-In order to vary the height of lift in multiple centrifugal pumps driven direct by alternating-current motors, each individual pump is provided with a discharge direct to the delivery. In the pump illustrated, there are four such discharges i<1>, i<2>, i<3>,i<4>,and one or other of them is opened and the others closed according as it is desired to have in action one or more of the pumps b<1>, b<2>, b<3>, b<4>, and so obtain a correspondingly lesser or greater height of lift.
Patent GB-190121178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire Drawing and Spooling Machines.
Inventor: WOTKYNS ROGER SHERMAN
Filed: 1901-10-22
Granted: 1901-12-31
Abstract: 21,178. Wotkyne, R. S. Oct. 22. Drawing; wire.-Relates to a continuous wiredrawing machine with spool-winding apparatus. Fig. 1 shows a plan of the machine. The wire enters the machine in a direction indicated by the arrow 7. It passes over a grooved guidepulley A', mounted loosely on the shaft A, through the first die B<1> round the draw-roll C' fixed to the shaft C, through the die B<2>, and round the winding-roll C<2> fixed on the shaft C<17>. The wire then returns to the second guide-pulley A<2>, and goes through a similar series of operations. These series of operations are repeated till the wire finally passes from the winding-roll C<16> through the last die B<17>, and thence over a guidepulley A<9> to the winding-on spool D. If the wire should break, the vertical lever, on which B<17> and A<9> are mounted, falls and disengages the clutch f of the main driving - pulley F, thus stopping the machine. The second drawing-roll on the shaft C<17> is driven from the shaft C by a belt G<2>. The spool D is rotated at a graduallydecreasing rate by friction gear H<1>, H<2>, the pinion H<2> being moved towards the centre by a screw actuated by a cam on the shaft I. The spool D is reciprocated longitudinally by a bell-crank lever I<2> , also actuated by a cam on the shaft I. The shaft I is turned slowly by worm gearing i<1> and friction gearing I<1>, I<2> from the shaft H. The velocity ratio of the friction gearing can be changed by turning the screw I<3> by the hand - wheel i<6>. The friction gearing H', H<2> can be disengaged by turning the hand-wheel k, on the axis of which is a cam which, through the lever k<2>, moves the shaft C<17> longitudinally. The dies, winding-rolls, &c. are enclosed in a tank E containing lubricating and cooling liquid.
Patent GB-190123405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tracker Boards for Mechanical Musical Instruments.
Inventor: MOORE HARTWELL R
Filed: 1901-11-19
Granted: 1902-06-12
Abstract: 23,405. Moore, H. R. May 24, [date applied for under Sec. 103 of Patents &c. Act, A.D. 1883]. Automatic instruments.-The invention consists in adapting tracker boards for tunesheets of different widths. In Fig. 2, a are the wind d passages, some of the end ones of which are provided with a plug cock. The plug is partly shown at b<1>, and is common to all the wind passages affected, so that by turning it they can be cut out simultaneously. Each end of the tracker board is preferably fitted with a cock.
Patent GB-190206310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Electrolytic Separation of Metals.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-03-14
Granted: 1902-05-01
Abstract: 6310. Thompson, W. P., [Ulke, T.]. March 14. Nickel ammonio - sulphate is obtained in the electrodeposition of copper from an acid solution of nickel and copper sulphates, with anodes containing both these metals, a copper-sulphate solution being periodically added to the bath, after withdrawing a part of the mixed solution. This part is heated, ammonia or ammonium sulphate is added, keeping the mixture acid, and the mixture is cooled, to separate the nickel salt. It may be purified by recrystallization.
Patent GB-190210734-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Cooling and Filtering Compressed Air.
Inventor: GRUMBACHER FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1902-05-09
Granted: 1902-06-19
Abstract: 10,734. Grumbacher, F. May 9. Dust &c., separating from air.-Relates to apparatus adapted to be placed in conduits leading from air-compressors &c. for cooling and filtering compressed air. The air from the inlet e passes down the tube c over the cooling-pipe h, g, and then through the filtering-layer b in the chamber a to the exit f. The pipes h, g for water circulation are connected to the lower chamber o and to the inlet and outlet pipes k, m. The water may be cooled by passing it through a serpentine air-cooled pipe u, being lifted to the supply tank w by compressed air admitted to the rising pipe t through a pipe x from the chamber a or other source.
Patent GB-190212724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Packing for the Stuffing-boxes of Steam Engine Cylinders and other Apparatus.
Inventor: GALLOWAY JAMES JACK
Filed: 1902-06-04
Granted: 1903-04-23
Abstract: 12,724. Galloway, J. J. June 4. Stuffing-boxes.-Relates to stuffing-box packing of the kind described in Specification No. 1118, A.D. 1888. The rings are made mainly of fibrous materials, such as asbestos, hemp, flax, &c., preferably wound with fine wire, each being made in halves C, D. The inner half-ring D is wound or covered with a thick wire or metal strip H, while the outer half-ring C is wound with thin wire or strip J. The half-rings are subjected to hydraulic or other pressure in moulds, to give them the bevelled sides E, F, and are then stitched or pinned together. In a modification, the outer surface of the half-ring D is not covered with the thick wire or strip, and a groove is made in the inner side of the outer half-ring C to receive an india-rubber or other elastic ring. Fig. 4 shows a modified form of the packing, in which a strip of india-rubber or the like is placed between the half-rings U, D.
Patent GB-190213743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Controlling Devices.
Filed: 1902-06-17
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 13,743. Lake, H. H., [General Electric Co.]. June 17. Switches.-Relates to a time-lag device applied to the controller or rheostat of an electric railway motor to prevent too rapid cutting-out of the resistance used in starting. Rapid rotation of the handle F, Fig. 1, and shaft B of the controller drum C in the direction for cutting-out resistance is resisted by the action of a movable stud r against the successive steps of a stepped surface k<1> on a drum G. The stud r works in the space between the surface k<1> and a cam k, and is forced upwards by a spring s, the motion being retarded by a dashpot consisting of a piston p working in oil &c. The cam k depresses the stud and piston when the controller is set in the 'off' position, the oil then passing through a flap valve in the piston to the upper part of the cylinder h. The shaft B can be rotated slowly and continuously or rapidly through small angles corresponding to the steps k<1> at intervals. The speed at which the stud r rises is adjustable by means of a valve d in the bye-pass through which the oil passes to the space under the piston p. In a modification, the stud r is replaced by the end of a lever which is hung from the casing A and is jointed to the piston-rod. The piston is moved downwards by a spring in the cylinder, and the lower end of its rod acts as a valve, which, when depressed from the outside of the casing, opens to put the dash-pot out of action. The controller can then be operated rapidly. The dash-pot &c. may be applied to controllers and rheostats of other types than the ordinary drum type.
Patent GB-190217759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Staining Paper as Applied to Posters, Show Cards, Post Cards and the like for Ornamental or Advertising Purposes.
Filed: 1902-08-13
Granted: 1903-07-02
Abstract: 17,759. Kay, T., and Kay Bros. Aug. 13. Bronzing and the like.-Paper is stained to produce varied and waterproof effects, and to render it applicable for posters, show cards, postcards, &c. for art, advertising, and amusement purposes, by means of liquid colours with which metallic powders may be combined. The colours preferably employed are those soluble in quick-drying and waterproof media. A rod or pipette is employed to drop the colours on to a sheet of paper, over which another similar sheet is then placed and the two sheets pressed together, between the thumb and finger or otherwise, to spread out the colours. The sheets are afterwards drawn apart quickly, leaving a combination of light and dark colours in various forms.
Patent GB-190218956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Displaying Advertisements.
Inventor: THOMSON WALTER
Filed: 1902-08-28
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 18,956. Thomson, W. Aug. 28. Drawings to Specification. Calendars and date indicatora.-Discs carrying advertisements are arranged behind transparent parts formed in a mirror or other panel, and are rotated successively or simultaneously to change the advertisements. The apparatus may be illuminated from the front or back. The Provisional Specification states that a clock may be fitted on the apparatus and may actuate or be combined with a date calendar. The clock may have a supplementary dial marked with the days of the months and operated from the clock movement by a ratchet and pawl arrangement which changes the day, say at midnight. Attached to the clock may also be a barometer and thermometer. The clock may also actuate a switch for turning on and off lights for calling attention to the advertisement, or for cutting off the current during the daytime.